Deck 4: Policing

Question 1

In the text's definition of policing, the professionals employed by a State for the maintenance of public order are NOT referred to as:

A) Police
B) Militia
C) Military
D) Gendarmerie

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Continental policing is NOT found in:

A) Turkey
B) France
C) Italy
D) Spain

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is true about continental policing?

A) The structure has its origins in the Roman colonial system.
B) It is centralized.
C) It has wider jurisdiction than the Anglo-American model.
D) A and C
E) All of the above

Answer 3

E

Question 4

What are the three traditional branches within a bureaucratic police force?

A) General Duties, Military, and SWAT units
B) General Duties, SWAT units, and non-commissioned officers
C) General Duties, SWAT units, and specialized units
D) Superintendents, non-commissioned officers, and specialized units

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a non-bureaucratic alternative to the traditional police force?

A) Highly localized organizational structure with policing agencies being accountable to local authorities
B) Flat organizational structure that eliminates middle ranks
C) Matrix structure approach where experts meet in teams to meet defined objectives
D) 'Hospital model' that allows individual police officers wide discretion

Question 6

Which of the following policing structures places emphasis on holding individual police officers accountable by a peer review panel?

A) Highly localized organizational structure with policing agencies being accountable to local authorities
B) Flat organizational structure that eliminates middle ranks
C) Matrix structure approach where experts meet in teams to meet defined objectives
D) 'Hospital model' that allows individual police officers wide discretion

Question 7

Which of the following countries does NOT have an integrated police force?

A) The United Kingdom
B) Brazil
C) Australia
D) Japan

Question 8

Which type of police force has a national police force under the control of the national government?

A) Centralized
B) Decentralized
C) Integrated
D) None of the above

Question 9

Which type of police force has a highly localized organizational structure with policing agencies being accountable to local authorities?

A) Centralized
B) Decentralized
C) Integrated
D) None of the above

Question 10

Which type of police force makes policing a shared responsibility between the center or national agency and local agencies?

A) Centralized
B) Decentralized
C) Integrated
D) None of the above

Question 11

What type of police force does India have?

A) Centralized
B) Decentralized
C) Integrated
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT true about colonial policing?

A) It usually refers to British colonialism.
B) It is centralized and militaristic.
C) It was brought about by the end of World War II.
D) The absence of community policing devalued its legitimacy among indigenous populations.

Question 13

Which of the following were integral parts of political policing?

A) The collection of intelligence
B) The protection of public security
C) The investigation of subversion or sabotage that might endanger the safety of the state.
D) A and B
E) All of the above

Question 14

What is NOT an element of democratic policing?

A) The notion of protecting human rights and furthering justice
B) The previous existence of colonial policing in the region
C) Its symbiotic relationship with democratic government
D) It eschews torture, terrorism and counterterrorism

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of the five main tenets of democratic policing?

A) Rule of law
B) Legitimacy
C) Transparency
D) Law enforcement

Question 16

Under which former president did the policy of de-Stalinization involve reducing criminal penalties but with no fundamental reform of policing?

A) Khrushchev
B) Brezhnev
C) Gorbachev
D) Yeltsin

Question 17

Which former president established rule of law, added new crime control units and allowed for policing privatization?

A) Khrushchev
B) Brezhnev
C) Gorbachev
D) Yeltsin

Question 18

In comparison to the U.S. ratio of 227 police officers for every 100,000 persons, Russia's ratio is at ____ police officers for every 100,000 persons.

A) 87
B) 219
C) 582
D) 979

Question 19

What is the name of the Chinese form of localized self-government and protection centered on the family and household?

A) Kuomintang
B) Baojia
C) Yanda
D) Nanjing

Question 20

In reference to mass line policing, Zhong states that police are _____, masses are _____.

A) Formal; Popular
B) Legal; Informal
C) Fish; Water
D) Mountains; Earth

Question 21

Which of the following trends is true in regards to Chinese policing since the early 1980s?

A) There has been a significant rise in crime
B) There has been a decline from 71.1% to 57.1% in police effectiveness
C) There has been an increase in homicide cases
D) A and B
E) All of the above

Question 22

What is the name of the state sponsored nationwide generic campaign against crime in China?

A) Kuomintang
B) Baojia
C) Yanda
D) Nanjing

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a police or administrative punishment imposed on criminals in China?

A) Administrative Detention
B) Shelter and Investigation
C) Rehabilitation Facilities
D) Re-education through Labor

Question 24

Which term best describes police cooperation and common action between officials and bureaucracies who derive their authority and owe allegiance first and foremost to the State in which they conduct policing?

A) Transnational policing
B) Democratic policing
C) Colonial policing
D) International cooperation on policing

Question 25

Which term best describes any sort of system or process that involves agents of state control cooperating across national borders?

A) Transnational policing
B) Democratic policing
C) Colonial policing
D) International cooperation on policing

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a given example of international cooperation on policing?

A) Bilateral projects of police assistance
B) The transfer of new technologies
C) Sharing information about wanted criminals
D) All of these examples are given

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a political feature of transnational policing?

A) States cooperating with each other to respond to threats
B) Police finding trust working with colleagues in other states
C) States being likely to cooperate even if crime is not normal
D) Police cooperation constituting leverage domestically to secure additional resources

Question 28

Which country has had the largest role in socially constructing crime?

A) The United Kingdom
B) Japan
C) Germany
D) The United States

Question 29

Which convention was signed in 1995 in response to terrorist attacks in Germany, Ireland and Spain?

A) The Europol Convention
B) The UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
C) The Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
D) The European Code of Police Ethics

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT true in regards to 'high' policing?

A) It is not concerned with the collection of political intelligence, but criminal prosecution
B) It is more likely to act extra-legally
C) It is likely to be less straightforward
D) Sharing information with low agencies is not favored by high agencies

Question 31

In which country was passport surveillance utilized to control every move citizens made?

A) China
B) Brazil
C) Turkey
D) Russia

Question 32

Which examples of international crime are now included in the Europol Convention mandate?

A) Illegal migration
B) Cross border vehicle theft
C) Human trafficking
D) Nuclear smuggling
E) A and C f. All of the above

Question 33

Which of the following members of 19^th century European society did NOT contribute to the historical evolution of international and transnational policing?

A) Émigrés
B) Anarchists
C) Released convicts
D) Political dissidents

Question 34

Which country most strongly relates to this quote: "Parading evil - or, rather bringing evil to justice for all to see - will lead to a decrease in crime"?

A) Russia
B) China
C) Brazil
D) Mexico

Question 35

Numbers of officers convicted of crimes including abuse of police powers and taking bribes increased in Russia from 504 in 1991 to ______ in 2000.

A) 600
B) 1200
C) 2000
D) 3700

Question 36

Colonial policing revolves around protecting the assets of the European community from the seemingly hostile indigenous people of color being used for labor.

Question 37

India is still regulated by the colonial framework established by the Police Act of 1861.

Question 38

The military police force is comprised of public servants, national or local.

Question 39

France's policing model is decentralized.

Question 40

The federalism of the United States and growth of local governments within states is an ideal example of functioning decentralization.

Question 41

Continental policing is described by some scholars to be "militaristic".

Question 42

The remnants of colonial policing maintain an institutional culture that sees the law as the protector of the rights of those in power and local elites.

Question 43

Traditional forms of community policing has superseded police professionalism in many countries.

Question 44

Chinese police fit between centralized and integrated models of policing.

Question 45

Some scholars view the military suppression of the Tiananmen Square student protests as having compelled "national soul-searching conferences" of police chiefs.

Question 46

The authors state that global surveillance has the capacity to divide, classify, enable choices and ultimately exercise a form of control or act as a constraint. Give an example of modern-day global surveillance, and explain how this has transitioned traditional police focus towards risk and security.

Question 47

Choose two countries discussed in the chapter, state whether they have centralized or decentralized policing styles, and briefly describe the structure of their policing bureaucracy.

Question 48

What are the five main tenets of democratic policing? Name two conventions that set the norms and standards for democratic politics in the international community, and explain their importance in advancing democratic ideologies.